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Scoliosis - Introduce yourself and meet others
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Just found this today. Thank you! No idea when I developed scoliosis but was only diagnosed at 70. My first cousin had the same experience. Am now wearing a lift in my right shoe for it. I also have spinal stenosis and sciatica with constant pain going down my right leg. Two shots in my back at a pain clinic only stopped the pain briefly. Physical therapy also failed. Just had an MRI. Do I have any alternative except for surgery? LOM
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Thank you so much! Grouchy is the right word for it! I do have to slouch less as you recommend and be more faithful doing my physical therapy exercises. I have been trying to lose weight but seem to always lose the same 5 lbs. Even giving up sugar has not helped. I know I could do better if I could walk more than 900 steps/day. It's nice to know other folks also deal with pain on a daily basis. Leslie324
I have that same 5lb swing.. eat nothing and up it goes. I hogged into a bag of licorice allsorts the other day and stood on the scales to find I had actually lost another 2 lb.. [dont worry it will find me] And knowing that there are others with twisting silly spines, I attacked the fallen branches out in my farmlet and had a good burn up.. Oh gosh it was past grumpy last night could hardly walk to get the last hot drink for the night, and getting out of bed this morning was a sight to behold. !! But I feel good,for the achievment, just going to walk a little funnily for the first part of the day.
It is tough on the muscle structure as they need balance, and when the foundation of the skeleton isnt straight, they have to carry that stress of forcing it. to move in a semblance of balance
You are so right! Our bodies are lopsided. You also raise a major point we need to remember. A sense of humor is a huge coping tool! Thanks for reminding me. Licorice allsorts aren't bad either! Hope that 2 lbs never finds you. Leslie
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The general 'shrinkage and decline' that hits us at the 70 mark makes everything difficult. Then any other medical problems we have, add to the not so good list. I do feel that when resting its important to try and gently straighten the body as much as possible. Keep up a good balance of exercises so that the muscles are not adding to the pull of the curve. and accept and rest. Saying that when its impossible to lift one leg in front cos of the pain. Life gets grouchy
Keep up your calcium and Vit D3 intake to keep those bones as 'fresh' as possible [young they wont be] Work on losing that excess weight if its there [so easy to say but so hard to do]
And as others have said, surgery to be the last option.